30/03/2007 | The exclusive invite list included CBH Group chairman Tony Critch and chief executive officer Imre Mencshelyi, AWB state manager Paul Ryan, Agriculture Department director-general Ian Longson, former CBH Group director John Carstairs, Elders chairman
30/03/2007 | Farmers and industry members are becoming increasingly impatient with the moratorium and have urged the government to adopt the technology without delay in the belief it can increase yields and lower basic input costs through decreased chemical use.
30/03/2007 | Normally this would mean two things to WA farmers: the disadvantage would be that the price of exports will fall, but conversely, the price of imports will also decrease, making overseas purchases cheaper. Traditionally these two scenarios would a
30/03/2007 | Mr Butcher claimed a little over 10pc of the primary vote and was unceremoniously dumped from the six-man contest early after the first round of preference votes were distributed. Mr Adams claimed 121 primary votes out of the 772 valid votes count
30/03/2007 | Grain Pool of WA (GPWA) canola and lupin marketing manager Rob Dickie said industry was working with Federal Government to manage the situation. Diplomatic efforts are also under way to inform Japan¹s government that management practices were bein
30/03/2007 | Entries close Wednesday, June 6, 2007, with the winner drawn the next day. The prize, valued at $21,560, is a RINEX Saturn HT guidance system complete with Ag332 DGPS receiver and 12 months OmniSTAR VBS signal subscription. According to RINEX T
30/03/2007 | The pilot program is the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. It will allow Northern Agricultural region and south coastal region farmers to register up to four 20ha so-called Defined Sequestration Areas (DSA) on any portion of their prop
30/03/2007 | With fly-in, fly-out jobs or shift work, they are still able to help out on the farm and keep up with what was happening during their time off. And in many cases mining is taking the place of the traditional off-farm income made from crut-ching or
30/03/2007 | ³This is the first real defence of the single desk where someone has actually gone out and analysed wheat marketing from all points of view,² he said of his speech. ³This was a complete defence of the single desk and puts the whole thing in a nuts
30/03/2007 | The property owners, who did not want to be identified, said they had an RSPCA inspector turn up without warning last week after someone issued a complaint about their feedlot. They said although the inspector found nothing wrong, it did take up s
30/03/2007 | Mr Jones said it was important that farm lobby groups looked to the future during the current wheat marketing debate and avoided dwelling on the past, in order to find alternatives and solutions. ³My message here is to not ignore younger farmers,²
30/03/2007 | WAMMCO chief executive officer Des Griffiths said it was hard to get a handle on where lamb numbers are sitting at the moment. ³I think people are holding on and hoping for an early break,² he said. ³There are a lot of lambs out there, but they a
30/03/2007 | The 98pc majority were sold direct to abattoirs and butchers. Upgrading a facility is estima-ted to cost about $500,000. Because of throughput numbers of only about 200 a fortnight, yarding fees would not cover the cost of construction and mainten
21/03/2007 | Judges were again overwhelmed by the number and quality of entrants and subsequently decided to award a one-off runner-up award to Murdoch University third-year veterinary student Candice Gelmi of Waterloo. The winners were announced last Wednesda
21/03/2007 | They considered the cattle specific issues to be incorporated into the first Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for the Land Transport of Livestock. ALTA executive director Luke Fraser said because of an increased demand from proce
21/03/2007 | PGA Western Graingrowers chairman Leon Bradley said Mr McGauran had forced WA wheatgrowers to commit most of their 2006-07 harvest to the AWB. Mr Bradley said he was concerned the wheat giant was now reducing its forecast prices without justificat
21/03/2007 | WA forklift operators are assessed for competence under a 7019 standard but this will not be recognised under the new laws. Forklift operators, including farmers or farm employees, will need to be reassessed for competence by a WorkSafe-registere
21/03/2007 | Grain Biotech Australia (GBA) is one such research company facing closure. GBA has been in the news in recent years for its extensive research into salt and frost tolerance in wheat, with its latest findings revealing additional benefits in improv
21/03/2007 | More than 70 members representing producers, lobby groups, transporters, agents, animal welfare groups and government were invited by the WA Meat Industry Authority (WAMIA) to brainstorm their thoughts on the Muchea plans. The meeting was held at
21/03/2007 | In this case the isolated students have to wait for 18 months and earn $18,000 before being eligible for the independent allowance. ICPA (WA) immediate past president Jeanette De Landgrafft said city students had an advantage because they did not
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